Browsing page 2 of new words for May 5, 2011

verb - intransitive

• to be extremely good.

  This game owns!

  • See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.

  Last edited on May 05 2011. Submitted by Greg W. from Morgan Hill, CA, USA on Aug 18 2002.

verb - transitive

• to defeat someone severely, as in a verbal argument or in a competition, often to the point of humiliation. To "put someone in their place."

  You just got owned!

                                                                                                         
  
  Citation from "Dave of the Dead", Happy Endings (TV), Season 1 Episode 7 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to win, defeat.

  Last edited on May 06 2011. Submitted by Daniel H. from CA, USA on Feb 09 1999.

• for a non-human subject to be unconquerable or to defeat a human.

  Quake 3 owns you!

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to win, defeat.

  Last edited on May 05 2011. Submitted by Daniel H. from CA, USA on Feb 09 1999.

• to be better than someone or something at a particular task.

                                                                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "Of Mice & Jazz-Kwon Do", Happy Endings (TV), Season 1 Episode 6 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on May 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 05 2011.

notes

• Used frequently in online gaming. Possibly originates from computer "cracker" slang: "own root," which means that one "owns" the system administrator account, typically by possessing its password. Also 0wn, 0wned, pwn, pwned, etc.
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Feb 09 1999. Submitted by Daniel H. from CA, USA on Feb 09 1999.

adjective

• excellent.

                                                                   
  
  Citation from "Of Mice & Jazz-Kwon Do", Happy Endings (TV), Season 1 Episode 6 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.

  Last edited on May 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 05 2011.

• fun, exciting, lively, etc.

                                               
  
                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "Might Have Been", Rookie Blue (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: exciting, fun, full of people.

  Last edited on Oct 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 11 2011.

notes

• "Rocking" is also the progressive form of rock.

  Last edited on Oct 07 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 07 2012.

noun

• a menstrual period.

                                                                                                                                    
  
  Citation from "Mother's Day", Modern Family (TV), Season 2 Episode 21 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: menstruation, menstrual period (related to).

  Last edited on May 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 05 2011.